cybercriminals

A new piece of ransomware is targeting gullible users, but its developers have made a critical mistake that should allow users to decrypt the affected files without paying the …

Every now and again, we read reports about phishing sites that look dangerously convincing—you can hardly tell the real one apart from the fake one anymore, unless you know …

Vormetric and Ovum surveyed more than 500 IT decision-makers at mid and large size organizations in the UK, France and Germany. They found that only nine percent of businesses …

A new Kaspersky Lab study found that about one third (31.45 percent) of phishing attacks targeted online financial institutions including, banks, online stores and e-payment …

The results of a recent investigation by SANS ISC CTO Johannes Ullrich are in: cybercriminals have been targeting a variety of Internet-of-Things devices and infecting them …

Scammers are taking advantage of Bitdefender’s good reputation and are luring victims in with promises of free downloads of “Bitdefender Antivirus Plus …

If all the claims included in the adverts for the multi-platform, multi-purpose piece of malware called Zorenium are true, it could very well have a considerable impact on a …

Kaspersky Lab found that many malicious attachments in February’s spam came in emails allegedly sent by women who wanted to make new friends in the run-up to …

Security researchers are keeping a close eye on underground cybercrime forums and are quick to spot new offerings, such as the BlackOS software package. Not to be confused …

As the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 nears the end of the second week, cyber crooks are diversifying the attacks against users curious to know what …

Facebook has been gradually rolling out a new, more simplified design for users’ News Feed for a while now. It’s a given that some users won’t like the …

According to the latest PandaLabs report, malware creation hit a new milestone. In 2013 alone, cyber-criminals created and distributed 20 percent of all malware that has ever …